What type of nutrition is performed by fungus?

Answer 1

· Fungi are heterotrophs that acquire their nutrients by absorption.

· They absorb small organic molecules from the surrounding medium.

· Exoenzymes, powerful hydrolytic enzymes secreted by the fungus, break down food outside its body into simpler compounds that the fungus can absorb and use.

· The absorptive mode of nutrition is associated with the ecological roles of fungi as decomposers (saprobes), parasites, and mutualistic symbionts.

· Saprobic fungi absorb nutrients from nonliving organisms.

· Parasitic fungi absorb nutrients from the cells of living hosts.

· Some parasitic fungi, including some that infect humans and plants, are pathogenic.

· Mutualistic fungi also absorb nutrients from a host organism, but they reciprocate with functions that benefit their partner in some way.

Answer 2

Fungi are heterotrophs that obtain nutrition by absorbing organic material from their environment. They secrete enzymes to break down complex molecules into simpler forms, which can then be absorbed by the fungal cells. This process is known as external digestion.

Answer 3

Fungi secrete enzymes into the environment. These enzymes breakdown whatever the fungus is growing on (or in) into simplier molecules. It then absorbs these molecules.

Answer 4

Fungi have saprophytic,symbiotic & parasitic nutrition

Answer 5

Fungi are heterotrophs called saprophytes because they obtain nutrients from dead organic matter.

Answer 6

It is a type of heterotrophic nutrition.